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The Vote: Fighting for the Aboriginal vote (Part Two)
29 minutes Posted May 11, 2022 at 6:00 pm.
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As Australia prepares to elect its 31st Prime Minister and next federal government, there’s a proportion of people under represented in that vote. 

Indigenous enrolment remains lower than the rest of the population, particularly in remote areas, like parts of the Northern Territory. 

A complaint lodged with the Human Rights Commission alleges that there is a pattern of indirect discrimination and voter suppression. 

Today, in the second of this two part series, 7am producer Ruby Schwartz on a historic human rights complaint - and the man behind it. 


Guest: Producer for 7am, Ruby Schwartz.


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